Button.



A. HALL.

BUTTON. APPLIOATIONTI-LED DEO-.27,1906.

899,528. 7 I Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

ALBERT HALL, o 'JEEsEY CITY, NEw JERSEY.

BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 27, 1906. Serial No. 349,612.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT HALL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudso'nand simple in construction, can be secured with-.

out requiring sewing, is held firmly and securely on the garment, is reinforced at its back and is not expensive. g In the accompanying drawin s, in which like letters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures :Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my improved button, open. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank for making the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the button'showing the same closed on the fabric. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the button, closed and provided with a cap. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe blank for making a slightly modified form of the button. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank for making a further modification. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the button made according to this last modification. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

This button is made of one piece of sheet metal and is provided with a head, a shank and a clenching spur for holding the button on the fabric. A metal tongue is struck up integral with the button and is bent substantially V shaped and provided at its free end with a clenching spur which passes through an aperture in the center of the bottom of the substantially tubular shank and the substantiallyv shaped tongue embraces the edge part of the fabric and extends over the fabric. The tongue can project from the rim of the head of the button or may be projected from the bottom of the shank. The button may be provided with a cap for giving it a more finished appearance or may be made without a cap. I will now describe a few constructions of my improved button all of which however are the same in principle. Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 the buttons struck up from sheet metal will have a head A in the center of which there is a substantially tubular depression B closed at the botdownward from the rim of the head as shown at D in Fig. 1, and then bent substantially V shaped as shown at D in Fig; 1, and on the free end of this tongue a metal spur E is secured which projects upward and is provided a short distance from its free end with a recess a, Fig. 8, that is to'say, it is reduced in thickness at one point so as to facilitate clenching.

The button, as shown in Fig. 1, is applied to the fabric F, Figs. 3 and 4, in such a manner that the bottom of the shank B rests upon the upper surface of the fabric, the substantially 'V' shaped tongue D embraces the edge part of the fabric and extends over the edge of the fabric and along the underside of the fabric and then by means of a suitable tool the parts are pressed together whereby the bottom of the shank is pressed firmly upon the upper surface of the fabric and at the same time the spur E is forced through the fabric and through the center hole C in the bottom of the shank and the free end of this spur E is clenched or'turned over to form a head which prevents the withdrawal of the clenched spur thereby holding the button firmly and securely on the fabric as shown in Fig. 3.

The button may be provided with a cap G on the head as shown in Fig. 4.

As shown in Fig. 5 the tongue D extends from the bottom of the shank and a notch H is then formed in the head. This tongue is bent in the manner previously described and it is also provided with a clenching spur E. As shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8 the tongue D" also extends from the bottom of the shank and in this case the blank for the closed slits K and at the same time strengthening the head. For the purpose of strengthening the button and causing it, to have a tongpe D is preferably enlarged to form a sma disk L 1n which the clenching spur is secured.

Having described my invention what I firm hold on the fabric the free end of theclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A button struck up from sheet metal having an integral head, a hollow shank extending downward from said head and having an aperture in its closed bottom, a tongue made integral with the above mentioned parts and bent substantially V shaped and a clenching spur on the free end of said tongue, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a garment, of a button made of a single continuous piece of sheet metal and having a head, a hollow shank extending downward from said head and having an aperture in its closed bottom, said button being provided with a substantially V sha ed tongue which tongue eX- tends from t e said parts over the outer surface of the garment over the edge of the garment and along the inner side of the garment, the clenching spur being passed through the fabric of the garment and through the hole in the bottom of the shank and the free end of said spur being clenched above the bottom of said shank, substantially as set forth.

3. A button struck up from sheet metal and having a head, a hollow shank extending downward from said head and made in- .tegral therewith and having an aperture in its closed bottom, a tongue made integral with said parts and bent substantially V shaped, a disk on the free end of said tongue and a clenching spur on said disk, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey this seventh day of December A. D. 1906.

ALBERT HALL. WVitnesses:

JENNIE O. THOMPSON, JENNIE B. VAiL. 

